This story was first published in the Tribune on May 22, 2011. The voice is softer now but as affable and entertaining as ever. Moose Skowron still has many, many tales to tell. Like the night Marilyn Monroe was flirting -- only not with Skowron, nor her volatile paramour Joe DiMaggio, nor the other New York Yankees at dinner. "DiMaggio had brought her to spring training one year, and we begged him to take us to dinner with her," Skowron said. "I shaved four times that day. She was great -- charming, funny, wanting to learn more about baseball. "And absolutely gorgeous." But the celluloid goddess had been quietly checking out some fella across the room. When...

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This story was first published in the Tribune on May 22, 2011.
The voice is softer now but as affable and entertaining as ever.
Moose Skowron still has many, many tales to tell.
Like the night Marilyn Monroe was flirting -- only not with Skowron, nor...

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